Kitchen cabinet



G. L. HILLYER AND C. A. CREAG.

KITCHEN CABINET. AFPLiCATidN FILED SEPT.Z3| 1920.

1,409,445. Patented Mar. 14,1922.

GEORGE L. HfiLYER A ND CHARLES A. GREAG, OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; SAIDHILLYER ASSIGNOR TO SAID CREAG.

KITCHEN CABINET.

Specification r Letters Ifatent. P te ted Mar, 14, 1922.

Application filed September 23, 1920. Serial No. 412,210.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, GEORGE L. HILLYER and CHARLES A. CREAG, citizensof the United States, residing at Santa Ana, in the county of Orange andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inKitchen Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a kitchen cabinetcontaining a stove, the cabinet being adapted to be'closed so as toconceal the stove when it is not desired to use the latter, and beingarranged to be swung open so as to display the stove in po- 'sition foruse and also to conveniently position the shelving and receptaclescarried by the cabinet.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in whicha Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the cabmet in open position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the cabinet in closed position,but with the top swung back.

Fig. 3 i a plan view of the cabinet in closed position.

The cabinet consists of a back 1 having the base 2 projecting from thesame at its lower edge. The base may be supported upon legs or casters3, and side braces 3, preferably, connect the base 2 and the back 1. Ashelf 4 projects from back 1 adjacent its upper edge, said shelf being,preferably, supported by brackets 5. A suitable stove 6 is mounted uponshelf 4.

Side walls 7 are hinged at their rear edges to the side edges of back 1as shown at 8, and front walls 9 extend laterally from the front edgesof side walls 7 so that when the side walls are swung into closedposition at the respective sides of shelf 4 the front walls 9 willextend in front of shelf 4 with their meeting edges suitably connectedas by a hook 10 and an eye 11 positioned upon the inner surface-of therespective front walls.-

A top 12, preferably, connects the respective side and front walls, saidtops whenthe walls are swung to their closed position forming a topabove the stove 6.. The meeting edges of tops 12 may be recessed asshown at 13 in order that a finger may be inserted through the aperturethus provided for fastening and unfastening the hoole connection 10-11.

Shelving14 may be arranged upon the 2 with the front walls of thecabinet in the corners formed by the side and front walls and shelving15 forming receptacles 16 may be mounted upon the base 2.

When the walls of the cabinet are swung to their open position as shownin Fig. 1 the stove 6 is displayed in convenient position for use andthe shelving of the cabinet is in position to have the articlessupported by. the same conveniently removed. When the walls are swung toclosed position a closure for concealing stove 16 and the shelving ofthe cabinetis provided. In this position the front walls 9, preferably,rest upon base edge of the same projecting slightly beyond the frontwalls.

When the cabinet is in closed position a top 18 is ada ted to be swungdownupon the tops 12. This top may be hinged to the back 1 at its upperedge as shown at 19, and when swung in closed position upon tops 12,preferably, projects slightly beyond the sides and front of the cabinetin order to form a neat and finished construction. When the cabinet isopen for use the top 17 may be swung back so as to form a shelf as shownin Fig. 2. This shelf is supported by brackets 20 hinged to back 1 asshown at 21 in order that said bracketsmay be either swung outwardlyinto position for supporting the top 18, or may be folded against theback 1 as shown in Fig. 3.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.-

What is claimed is:

A cabinet comprising a back, a base rigidly secured to the back so as tohold the back uprlght, brackets extending forwardly from the back nearits top, a shelf u on the brackets, a stove upon the shelf, si e wallshinged to the sides of the back, front walls extending from the outersides of the GEORGE L. HILLYER. CHARLES A. CREAG.

